Spectral heterogeneity of QuickBird satellite data is related to fine-scale plant species spatial turnover in semi-natural grasslands

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 145-157

  Hall, Karin ^a   Reitalu, Triin ^b,c   Sykes, Martin T ^a   Prentice, Honor C ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Broadband; High spatial resolution; Remote sensing; Small scale; Species richness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855989372     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: 1654109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-109X.2011.01143.x     Document Type: Article

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